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Did most people know this? I must have seen this goal 100 times and I've never noticed it until today.
It's taken me 19 years to realise Rooney's debut PL goal took a deflection
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Did most people know this? I must have seen this goal 100 times and I've never noticed it until today.
I'm just going to go ahead and ignore this and continue to believe Rooney scored the greatest goal by a 16 year old.
I refuse to believe it
I never saw it either.
Now I can't un-see it.
Now I can't un-see it.
Lock this, burn it and delete any evidence of its existence.
I'm more shocked by the fact that it was 19 fecking years ago 
He shinned that overhead against City too, the f*king fraud.
Screamer against Newcastle was a misplaced pass en all.
Screamer against Newcastle was a misplaced pass en all.
tbf it's a pretty good illustration of commentators' desperate demand for a narrative over actual fact
Did well against the American Jets
I still don’t see a deflection. 
think you’ve just made that up.
Let it go matehe left you for United 17 years ago. He’s even gone back and scored against Liverpool
think you’ve just made that up.
Let it go matehe left you for United 17 years ago. He’s even gone back and scored against Liverpool
I don't see the deflection either. Wouldn't the ball spin a lot more if there was one?
Don't put me on VAR lads because I can't see it.
I thought it might have but never been sure, I'm still not sure
Watch the angle from behind the goal closely. A non-deflected strike would never get that kind of swirl.
It’s still a great hit, and it’s his confidence taking it down and driving forward and even attempting it that makes it special anyway.
But the way Campbell's leg is stretched out when the ball flies by a deflection should have surely gone to the right (from Rooney's position), yet it curls slightly to the left.
Is Rooney a fraud?
Hey, I'm just asking the question
Hey, I'm just asking the question
I'm sure you'll easily find someone convinced we'd have had more points without him on here.
It’s weird seeing fans in the stadium.
I still can’t see the deflection, I am sure Wenger didn’t see it either!
I didn’t know, but I am not surprised as for 19 years, I had always wondered why a shot of that nature beat the goalkeeper from that far out. It always looked weird in that the ball wasn’t right in the corner, or hit very powerfully, and the keeper was in a decent enough position to start with. The deflection makes perfect sense.
It was Seaman.
Genuinely cannot see any definite deflection in that.
Same with Ronaldo's winner at fulham where he 'took the game by the scruff of the neck'.
Who cares.
Who cares.
I can’t see any deflection and spotting deflections is my speciality !
Delete this thread. I've seen it and I want to forget this.
Same here. I refuse to admit it...can't be true.
Jury’s out for me. The way he strikes the ball - wrapping his foot around and up through the ball - generates that spin and dip. But to be fair you can also get that type of movement from a deflection. So can believe there was either no deflection or it took a nick off Sol’s leg - neither appear conclusive from the footage.
Not really.
I noticed if before but I don't think it's a deflection, I think it just glances Campbell as it goes past but doesn't change the direction of the shot. Looks slightly different from each angle though and neither is quite clear.
Need snick-o from cricket to clarify.
Need snick-o from cricket to clarify.
Let’s call it an own goal
You’ve genuinely ruined that goal for me Everton man. Now I will always say that Rooney scored 207 rather than 208 PL goals.
Here’s a bit of discussion from the Everton player closest to Wazza during that play.
128:40 causes me to burst out in laughter no matter how hard I try to stifle it (the Rooney discussion begins at 127:00).
128:40 causes me to burst out in laughter no matter how hard I try to stifle it (the Rooney discussion begins at 127:00).
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I can't see a deflection
Time to burst Rooney’s bubble
Michael "Roy Keane was average in Turin" Cox
Damn! Every since then was just based on a lie
I can't see it, to be honest, but the trajectory it takes would make more sense via a deflection.
Regardless, you should've kept this to yourself.
Regardless, you should've kept this to yourself.
Of course it would